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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

This is an exciting time in our household. Our new house is almost finished being built, so needless to say I am neck high in boxes. As we prepare for the new house there are decorating and design decisions to be made...but of course. However (Here comes Paula's rant), these decisions have not been made easily because the good old decorating shows of yore no longer exist.

For me it all started as a kid with Steve Thomas (I liked him because he reminded me of John Boy and John Denver <don't ask>), Bob Vila, and Norm Abram.

Years later, when I got ready to move back to the United States from the Cayman Islands there were my buddies Susan Powell and Chris McWatt of Home Matters. OMG how I loved them so. As soon as I landed in the U.S. I ran to Home Depot and got paint and paint brushes. I was bit by the decorating bug.

Susan Powell and Chris McWatt - Home Matters

Kitty Bartholomew

Lynette Jennings

Kitty was fun and exciting and Lynette was just plain magical.

Christopher Lowell

Christopher made me believe I could decorate any room my heart's desire. I still have all of his design books.

Ok since we are going down memory lane in the middle of my rant, what about...

Decorating Cents - Joan Steffend

Room-by-Room - Matt & Shari

Ok confession, I was probably the only person on the planet that did not particularly like the show Room-by-Room, but I would give my eye-teeth to get that show back. We just don't have the variety of great decorating programs like we use to.

Designing for the Sexes - Michael Payne

Devine Design - Candice Olson

As far as I am concerned, once Devine Design went off the air it was down hill from there. In came the real estate shows. I am beyond sick of real estate shows (Not counting the Property Brothers of course).

Trading Spaces

Trading Spaces was Must-See-TV. Do you remember the marathons?

Dear Genevieve - Genevieve Gorder

Designer Guys - Steve & Chris

Does anyone other than me notice the amazing shows that came out of Canada...plus the gorgeous men (i.e. The Property Brothers)?

If Walls Could Talk - Grant Goodeve

Yes, I recognize that "If Walls Could Talk" was not a decorating show, but since this is my rant and Grant Goodeve was on "Eight is Enough" and the original "If Walls Could Talk" which was amazing and I had a school-girl crush on him...but I digress.

Gardening by the Yard - Paul James

Everything I learned about gardening I learned from Paul.

Room Service, Sarah's House & Sarah's Cottage - Sarah Richardson

Ok so outside of the Property Brothers (Noticed I have mentioned them a few times in this post), I have had very little assistance in terms of resources. There are very few programs out there. So for the past nine months of building this house I have relied on the following limited resources for design ideas:

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